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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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